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Il Postino, the pride of Procida Island

[July 2024] On the day of an excursion from the southern Italian island of Ischia to the neighbouring island of Procida, the first place our taxi driver Carlo took us to was the beach where…

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A bad start of our excursion to Procida

[July 2024] While spending our summer holiday on the island of Ischia in southern Italy, we took a day trip to the nearby island of Procida. On the main street of Forio where we were…

Ischia

Sant’Angelo on the move to upmarket

[July 2024] After a dip in the sea at Fumarole Beach on the island of Ischia in southern Italy, we took a boat to the nearest town, Sant’Angelo. Like the Aragonese Castle we visited a…

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Hot beach

[July 2024] The Airbnb host in Forio, the second town on the island of Ischia in southern Italy, recommended us to visit Sant’Angelo and Fumarole Beach as the places to go to on this island….

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Spending a day at Poseidon

[July 2024] Ischia, an island in southern Italy, is actually a hot spring resort. Apparently, there are at least 103 hot springs. It is a volcanic island, as it is said that in the 14th…

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We found a cheap restaurant

[July 2024] We returned to Forio, where we were staying, from the Aragonese Castle, the most popular tourist spot on the island of Ischia in southern Italy, for lunch. I had thought from lunch the…

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A surprisingly stylish castle

[July 2024] The Aragonese Castle, located across the causeway from Ischia Ponte, an old town on the island of Ischia in southern Italy, was built in 474 BC. I think it’s amazing that such an…